Thread: My DIY Projects and Great Adventures

gobbler, I could not agree more. I had several aluminum boats over many years and they all had there place. In 2000 I bought a new ranger fisherman for 23000 dollars and had a hard time thinking that was smart. Fished from Clewiston Florida to Lake Superior and all over in between and it was the best purchase I ever made. Sold it 2 months ago for $13000. WOW. Catch fish under glass boats too. LOL

Had some ideas last night. Yes….they involved jig making.


So I wondered about manipulating the blades a little. People have cut away portions of their blades to create new designs. I considered holes as a way to create a different sound/vibration. Might be able to tune the things to create a better blade.



There is a lesson in all this, and that is do NOT attempt to hold the jig while drilling the blade. That hook stuck my bone I think. Anyways I wondered if any of you have any experience or understanding when it comes to blades. Can they in fact be tuned somehow ?

I also wanted to make a special jig or two.









Next time I fire up the smelter, I will pour a few of these and see how things go.

Bet you will never guess what I’m a doing Margaret.

Yes I am going to add two differing blades to the rear, but also gonna add a propeller blade to the front. Three whirly gigs all producing noise. So three different sounds and vibration patterns. Should be interesting and hopefully the fish will like it. A dab of chenille for a dosing of Slab Sauce ….and away. Down down into the murky depths with you.

I also considered what might happen should I tie the fishing line to the wire sticking out front.

Naaaaahhhhhh


Been raining here again the past few days and the boat got a little wet when the tarp folded inwards. Didn’t do the full strap em down routine. Jig box bag thingie got wet so all the boxes are laid open in the house to air out and dry. Hope the wife doesn’t see as she might begin to ask questions about my true needs and such. Can’t be having that. Thems my jigs there.

Hope the weather is nice this weekend so I can begin to replenish my freezer. I hate it when everything thaws and gets warm. “Oh I remember you”, as it gets pitched in the garbage bag. I had tossed everything into the dumpster at work and upon inspection yesterday morning, well it was definitely Fly City.

STINK

WOW that was some powerful stuff. The boss was asking around but no one seemed to know what it was or how it got in there. Not sure why he didn’t just ask me, but maybe it’s best this ordeal remains a mystery. Man has to have a place to dump his trash. We all do. I like dumpsters vs. setting cans out by the road. Once a week pickup means you got flies hanging out everywhere. I toss the bags as they get generated and have very few flies about when eating lunch outside. A few bags had crappie carcasses because I freeze the bodies after cleaning so they don’t stink up the boss’s dumpster too much. I know what days they dump it and pitch frozen fish in just ahead, and no one is the wiser. I am sure he will be watching the dumpster the next couple of days, so I plan to be really cool and sly. Maybe a co-worker will get caught dumping something and be the one blamed for everything. Yeah.

Hot and muggy. Rainy hot and muggy and the skeeters have emerged from their bunkers. Some are really dumb and fly in at high speed and you feel them crashing into you. SMACK. The wife sprays the bug repellent can over top of her head and stuff. I need to fog again. I buy special stuff off the net and mix with diesel and plumes of white death fall upon the unsuspecting mosquitoes. Works the charm I am telling you. Done regularly it reduces them to an occasional little one every so often. Of course the conditions have to be right as a breeze ruins everything. I want the fog to hang in the air and really reach into the crevices where they hide. It drifts a long ways, killing skeeters as it goes. Sometimes even out to the highway where people might wonder why that strange fog tasted so odd. Hmmmmmmm

When I bought this house the skeeters had a serious discussion. They wanted to know should they eat me here or take me back to their place for dinner. They decided that there was enough of me to go round and have left me here. Bad skeeters in my town I tell yah. However, after instituting a fogging program they had all but disappeared. Problem is haven’t kept up and they got to stage a miracle comeback on me here.

Had a neighbor asking about it all. Told them the wife was trying to get pregnant and is afraid of Zeka. Babies born with no heads or something. That seemed to lessen the environmental impact possibilities roaming around in his head. Run away and don’t even look over here turkey. He likes me because I bring him citrus every Christmas season. Doesn’t know it’s a re-gift situation. HAH

I like those red sickle hooks. I get them from a tackle shop down the road. They work well for me

Hey there Micanopy/servant to the Queen,lol- Here's a possibility for your "lure lab"!


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Blades, way back in the 80’s there was a video called Jon fix’s how when and where, I’ve watched that 1000’s of times ton of good fishing info, though it’s bass centered it’s apples to slit of species but in that video he talks about taking a colorado blade and using needle noise pliers to curl forward the very bottom edge, said it made a big difference in vibration, also you can off center the attachment eye, holes actually reduce and hurt vibrations which are felt through there lateral line

Personally I’ve studied these fish alot, I believe there like sharks and can pick up in the electrical pulse, that’s why they just nose the purdiest of jigs when there not aggressive but suck in a lively minnow, if a man could creat a small battery powered jig to give off electrical impulse or have a wind up powered jig (the blade being the working turbine) I think he would really be on to something, it will be created at some point and folks you heard it here first

Blades, way back in the 80’s there was a video called Jon Fox’s how when and where, I’ve watched that 1000’s of times ton of good fishing info, though it’s bass centered it’s apples to slit of species but in that video he talks about taking a colorado blade and using needle noise pliers to curl forward the very bottom edge, said it made a big difference in vibration, also you can off center the attachment eye, holes actually reduce and hurt vibrations which are felt through there lateral line

Personally I’ve studied these fish alot, I believe there like sharks and can pick up in the electrical pulse, that’s why they just nose the purdiest of jigs when there not aggressive but suck in a lively minnow, if a man could creat a small battery powered jig to give off electrical impulse or have a wind up powered jig (the blade being the working turbine) I think he would really be on to something, it will be created at some point and folks you heard it here first

Thank you gentlemen.

I visited that same lake again yesterday and nabbed a few. The others fishing were also searching for fish and didn’t look to be catching many. One dude was pushing and had a fantail of rods dangling out front of him. It looked like the waves were bothering his presentation. His 18 aluminum boat was bobbing pretty good. My 20 foot boat was bobbing less, but with me dragging jigs behind me, the waves didn’t interfere.

I caught a couple of nice ones, but most were mediums, and I threw back about a dozen for being too immature. Had a nice one bite and didn’t know it. He swam over to the other side of my spread before I noticed. These are the most floppy fish I ever seen. Man they flopped and flopped and flopped. “In with you”- I’d say and the large ice cube dosed with rock salt would calm them down pretty quickly.

The hydrilla was insane and there were gobs floating loose in the areas I was trolling. With the waves it was easy to spot these floating mats. The weeds have a calming effect on the surface, and so I could steer around the smooth water patches. Still there was enough about to foul my jigs fairly often. Occasionally I would notice the rod tip being bent a tad more than usual and that would clue me in. Other times I would see a mass of weeds following me.

The fish were catch a few then nothing. Catch a few then nothing all day. Couldn’t see the minnows that were around last time. surely they were there just remaining unseen. They were helpful to me last time.



The “queen” wanted some fish for dinner. I tried something different and mixed up pancake mix and dipped and fried them.



We thought it was pretty good and ate our fill and there is some still in the fridge. Might have to have a fried crappie sandwich when I get done for today.

O’Dark Hundred again, only this time headed back to the previous lake. Have a buddy that lost his wife (51) recently to Covid and we agreed that catching a fish might help. I don’t think he is prepared to catch a pile of fish though, so hopefully they will cooperate. He will be the first person besides my wife to get on the boat and watch me do the crappie dance. That is one rod in right hand, one in left, one between the knees, and I do strange undulations attempting to grab another rod. The Crappie Dance.

He does A/c repairs and has his own business. Said he had a Hozizaki ice machine for me. Man that would be excellent. Unsure where it could be placed though, but I want it. Seems to me to be the height of rednect elegance to have one of these things. I want I want.

Well I need to go load the boat and get ready to leave.

Great looking mess of fish. Even better after they swam in that hot oil